{"id":416453,"date":"2011-05-03T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/03\/mendenhall-questions-hate-for-bin-laden-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:54:21","slug":"mendenhall-questions-hate-for-bin-laden-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/mendenhall-questions-hate-for-bin-laden-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendenhall questions hate for bin Laden (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.6453305352\">\n<p>PITTSBURGH (AP)\u2014<span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/8800\/\">Rashard Mendenhall<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/8800\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> has created a stir with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/pit\/\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> running back on Monday tweeted: \u201cWhat kind of person celebrates death? It\u2019s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We\u2019ve only heard one side\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendenhall didn\u2019t hold back, even making a reference to the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers felt compelled to act. On Tuesday, team president Art Rooney II released a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not spoken with Rashard, so it is hard to explain or even comprehend what he meant with his recent Twitter comments. The entire Steelers organization is very proud of the job our military personnel have done and we can only hope this leads to our troops coming home soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/nfl\/SIG=120cj8k0h\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/news?slug=ap-steelers-mendenhall\" title=\"Mendenhall questions hate for bin Laden (AP)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mendenhall questions hate for bin Laden (AP)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> PITTSBURGH (AP)\u2014 Rashard Mendenhall (notes) has created a stir with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden\u2019s death. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back on Monday tweeted: \u201cWhat kind of person celebrates death? 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